Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grown-up world: to cook and to pay rent, to study, to watch television, to take weekend trips to Egypt or Italy. These common aspects of college elsewhere (minus the Italy thing) will be quite a shock. An apartment. That probably means furniture. Then again, I may fail at groceries and whimper back here for the spring...
University of Texas President Larry R.Faulkner, who is currently fighting affirmativeaction battles of his own, said he had expectedthe measure to fail, but was mindful of theeffects of Rudenstine's efforts...
State attorneys general may sue to keep Microsoft from shipping the new operating system to PC makers in May. But if the A.G.s relent, or fail in court, and you get the chance to upgrade (at $109 a pop), what to expect? Win 98 is a clear step up from Win 95, but it's an evolution, not a revolution...
...kids' smoking. Take the modest proposal to set the drunk-driving threshold at .08 blood-alcohol content nationwide--stricter than the .10 standard in 34 states. The liquor lobby long played on the fear that .08 would mean social drinkers who've had a few after work would all fail the Breathalizer. But research shows you can drink yourself silly before reaching .08: a 170-lb. man can guzzle four martinis inside an hour on an empty stomach before he gets there. He may not be sloppy drunk, but who wants to run into this guy on the road...
...need to introduce new categories into the event. As it is, it limits itself to Sports, Drama, Dance, Community Service and Media/Publications. But there is so much more that happens on our campus; so much more diversity to be recognized. The organizers of the Parade of Stars completely fail to recognize such integral categories as "Most Popular Person," "Best Friend" or "Favorite Clique." We have "Best Community Service Group" (and my personal opinion is that City Step is much better than Mission Hill--I mean, it's so much cooler, and they have a dance), but we don't have...